Unified drone system to become key driver of Russian economic growth — expert

Is Ukraine’s Decentralized Drone Innovation a Blip or a Revolution?

Weapons reworked on the front are driving Kyiv’s recent successes.

West Lags Behind Russia’s Next-Gen Model of Drone Warfare

Low-cost but highly effective drones have become a key driver of Russian advances on all fronts, military expert Alexander Sinyugin told Sputnik, commenting on Defense Minister Andrei Belousov's recent praise for the efficiency of the army's newly established AI-powered unmanned units.

Ukraine Using American Drones for Intelligence Collection Inside Russia

Ukraine is using a drone developed by an American company to identify targets inside Russia. Ukrainian forces say the V-BAT drone developed by ShieldAI is the most effective for collecting intelligence far from the front lines. “One of its biggest advantages is its range,” the drone operator said. “Because the V-BAT can observe from long []

The Drone Dominance Map: China's Lead, America's Response, And The Supply Chain That Will Determine The Outcome

The Drone Dominance Map: China's Lead, America's Response, And The Supply Chain That Will Determine The Outcome

Cheap Drones Are Becoming the Biggest Threat to Global Energy Security

The rapid proliferation of inexpensive, mass-produced drones is reshaping modern warfare and exposing one of the world’s greatest economic vulnerabilities: energy infrastructure. Conflicts in Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East have demonstrated that unmanned aerial vehicles costing only hundreds or thousands of dollars can now threaten oil refineries, power plants, export terminals, pipelines and ports [] The post Cheap Drones Are Becoming the Biggest Threat to Global Energy Security appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

Kerajaan akan terus perkasa industri dron – Anwar

SERDANG: Kerajaan akan terus memperkukuh ekosistem industri kenderaan udara tanpa pemandu (UAV) menerusi sokongan dasar, penyelidikan, pelaburan serta kerjasama strategik melibatkan pelbagai pihak berkepentingan. Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, potensi industri UAV perlu diberi tumpuan memandangkan ia kini muncul sebagai antara industri baharu yang mampu menjadi pemangkin inovasi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi negara. ... Read more The post Kerajaan akan terus perkasa industri dron – Anwar appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Inside the U.S. race for drone delivery dominance

Inside the U.S. race for drone delivery dominance

US Senator Lindsey Graham Praises Ukrainian Drone Tech During Visit to SkyFall Plant

US Senator Lindsey Graham toured a production facility of SkyFall, a leading Ukrainian defense-technology company. Graham observed the manufacturing of advanced unmanned systems, including “Vampire” bomber drones, “Shrike” FPVs, and “Shahed” interceptors. The Senator highly praised Ukraine’s rapid advancements in drone warfare. Noting that the technologies produced are some of the most advanced globally, Graham emphasized that it would be a “huge mistake” for the US not to forge a strong technological partnership with Ukraine in the field of defense innovation.

Ukraine’s new civilian battlefield: Surviving FPV drone attacks

Russian FPV drones, once used primarily against military targets, are increasingly becoming a weapon of terrorism against civilians. In front-line Kharkiv, residents are being forced to learn entirely new rules of survival as inexpensive battlefield drones reach residential neighborhoods, roads, buses, and private vehicles. Russia is now attacking Kharkiv in a new way, and the []

Putin’s war machine sputters in drone age

Ukraine’s innovations cut into Russia’s manpower advantage

Honduras wants to buy Ukrainian war drones – to hunt drug traffickers

The deal reflects Ukraine’s growing role as a global supplier of battlefield-developed drone systems.

Drones, helicopters and armoured vehicles: SA business mobilises as anti-migrant deadline looms

Drones, helicopters and armoured vehicles: SA business mobilises as anti-migrant deadline looms

Russia advertises for drone operators to defend Moscow

Russia has resorted to advertising for drone pilots to defend Moscow. The country’s biggest jobs website, HeadHunter, is advertising ​for drone operators to protect the skies above Moscow. The add says there is no previous experience required. Candidates require ​only “basic technical skills” and a desire ‌to progress in the field. But the pay — []...Click to read more

The robot submarines that can defend the UK from Putin’s secret attacks

With the undersea threat from Russia increasing, the MoD is turning to drones

Neros develops a low-cost interceptor drone

The company that helped supply Ukraine’s front lines with cheap, mass-produced attack drones just announced it is racing to build the exact opposite: a drone built specifically to hunt and kill other drones. Neros Technologies posted a video on July 10 showing early testing of what the company calls Bandit, a counter-unmanned aircraft system, or []

[Photo] 🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — A representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reports that the Russian [...]

— A representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reports that the Russian Armed Forces have started using a version of the Molniya drone with artificial intelligence on the frontline. They independently identify targets and make decisions about attacks.Such drones are not detected by drone detectors.@Intelslava

From Gaza to Lebanon: How Has AI Become New Weapon of War for Zionist Regime?

Internal reports and documents have revealed that the Zionist regime’s military has in recent years expanded its use of artificial intelligence in drone systems.

Ukraine is squeezing Crimea with its new drones, forcing the Russian stronghold to cut fuel supplies

Troops prepare a Blyskavka attack drone, a locally-produced fixed-wing system. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images Ukraine wants to use its new drones to cut Russia off from its key southern stronghold in Crimea. The peninsula announced its most severe fuel cuts so far after deadly attacks over the weekend. In Sevastopol, ferry services and street lighting []

Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone uses video game ‘Drone Battle: Ukraine’ and cyber tournaments to recruit students for drone assembly

Since spring 2026, the video game Drone Battle: Ukraine has been heavily promoted on social media and by bloggers. According to T-invariant, the management of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone uses the game to recruit students to assemble drones.

How Ukraine’s audacious drone campaign sparked a fuel crisis 3,500km behind enemy lines

Drones, once auxiliary to the war on the ground, have grown into a giant-slaying weapon in Ukraine’s arsenal over four years of ingenuity, writes James C. Reynolds

Israel must treat Hamas's drone smuggling as a national security threat - opinion

On a tour of the Negev, I learned that the threat is not just the smuggling of weapons over Israel’s borders via drones – some of which can carry 150 kilograms of arms – but the drones themselves.

Dutch armed forces to focus on drone technology to hit 5% target

The Dutch armed forces are to invest heavily in “drone on drone” defensive systems in response to the rapid development...

Moscow: West supplying Kyiv regime with drones for assassinations

Moscow: West supplying Kyiv regime with drones for assassinations

Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries are triggering shortages and rising discontent

For the past three months, Kyiv's drones have targeted Russian refineries, ports, depots and pipelines, causing ripple effects throughout the Russian economy. Gasoline has become scarce at service stations.

Nvidia Is Officially the Largest Stock in the World. Is the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Giant Still Cheap?

None of 2027's growth is priced into Nvidia's stock.

Iran’s drone production output tripled during US-Israeli war

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Iranian caretaker defense minister said the country's drone production capacity has tripled during the recent US-Israeli war of aggression waged against Iran, describing the achievement as a result of domestic expertise.

Designing Drones for Africa

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Maxwell Maduka, the co-founder and chief engineer of Terra Industries, an African defense technology company building autonomous drone and counter-drone systems designed for the continent’s operating conditions. As cheap imported airframes flood African markets and non-state actors employ drones across the Sahel, we asked Max why Terra is betting on Africa building its own defense industrial base.Cheap Turkish and Chinese drones and sensor systems have proliferated across Africa for years. Where do those systems fall short, and what capabilities do you hope to add to the crowded unmanned market?Imported Turkish and Chinese The post Designing Drones for Africa appeared first on War on the Rocks.

How is China shaping up in the global competition to sell air defence weapons?

Chinese firms joined their global competitors at Eurosatory, the recently concluded arms fair, where the latest air defences were the centre of attention in a market made more important by the drone warfare seen in Ukraine and the Middle East. Experts said China could anticipate sales from the Global South thanks to its cost efficiency, but geopolitical constraints would continue to bar it from US-allied countries that were looking for combat-proven and interoperable systems. China’s largest...

Russia’s Jet-Powered Geran Drones Can Now Outrun Ukraine’s Interceptors

Russia's jet-powered Geran drones — reaching 500 km/h — now outpace the interceptor UAVs Ukraine built to shoot down propeller-driven kamikaze attacks. Russia plans to raise jet-powered drones to 50 percent of its strike fleet, forcing Ukraine's defenses onto a more expensive tier they built to use sparingly.

Drones that attacked Moscow assembled through cooperation of NATO countries — expert

The origins of the components and systems powering the examined drones have been identified, the unmanned aircraft expert and general designer at Russia’s Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions Dmitry Kuzyakin said

Russia steps up use of jet-powered drones beyond reach of interceptor drones

Russia is increasingly using jet-powered drones in its attacks, taking into account that missiles used by Ukraine's air defences to intercept them are in limited supply.